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| "Spring Woods" (oil, 10" x 8") sold |
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| "Spring Woodland" (oil, 14" x 11") click here to buy |
When trees start budding, they turn yellow green. Leaves are not yet big, so they don't cast heavy shade. Walk in the early spring woods. It's airy and bright; it's an enchanting place! Both paintings are based on a real place--the Virginia native plant trail in the Green Spring Gardens Park in Alexandria, VA. I haunt the park in early spring, which has always been my favorite time of the year.
Did you notice a red bridge up a small stream in the first painting? Many flowers populate the second painting, In the distance, one can see the pink redbud in bloom. In the middle ground, the dainty white bells of the common silverbell arc gracefully above the carpet of yellow woodland poppies. I think I captured in both paintings the light-filled atmosphere of springtime in the woods.
